6/10/2004 @ 11:30AM

Layoff Tracker Update: June 10, 2004

Shaw’s Supermarkets
, a unit of Boise, Idaho-based
Albertsons
, plans to cut more than 300 jobs in its stores, according to the Associated Press. The layoffs represent less than 1% of Albertsons’ total staff.

Chicago-based media firm
Tribune
said it will eliminate more than 200 jobs due to a dearth of advertising sales at some of its newspapers. The cuts represent about 1% of the firm’s total staff.

Newton, Iowa-based
Maytag
said it was laying off about 1,000 employees, or approximately 20% of its salaried staff, in an effort to reduce costs.